Adblock Plugin
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 4:43 am
Adblock Plugin - 1.1.2
This works exactly the same as most DNS based adblocking scripts, except that it provides a frontend for configuration. The ad blocking list updates itself every Sunday at 4:00am.
Please provide feedback/bug reports in this thread.
Install
- Refresh plugins
- Install "DNS adblocking support for Gargoyle"
Updating
To update the plugin, first uninstall it, then install the new version.
- Add the following as a feed in your System->Plugins page
Version hosted by Gargoyle: 1.0.4
Version hosted by Lantis: 1.1.2
Language files hosted by Gargoyle: 1.0.4
Language files hosted by Lantis: 1.1.2 (Updated language required for 1.1.0 plugin. Also new language FRENCH. Also better translation for German).
Verify the plugin is operating correctly
Visit the page: http://ads-blocker.com/testing/
If you can't see any ads, you're good to go. If you are seeing ads, your computer may be loading a cached version of the site which includes the ads. Try clearing your cache (CTRL+F5 refresh the page).
Blacklist
Used to add sites to the block.list that are not already included.
Whitelist
Used to remove sites from the block.list. NOTE: The white list will ONLY remove items that are ALREADY ON the block.list. If they aren't on the list, don't bother white listing them.
Changelog
To Do
Known Issues
Manual Uninstall of Plugin
So you want to uninstall the plugin, but clicking uninstall in the GUI does nothing?
I'd also like to thank StopSpazzing for his help in working on the UI. Whilst I was busy he made significant progress which allowed me to quickly implement the required changes.
Thanks go out to all of the people who help in translating this plugin.
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This works exactly the same as most DNS based adblocking scripts, except that it provides a frontend for configuration. The ad blocking list updates itself every Sunday at 4:00am.
Please provide feedback/bug reports in this thread.
Install
- Refresh plugins
- Install "DNS adblocking support for Gargoyle"
Updating
To update the plugin, first uninstall it, then install the new version.
- Add the following as a feed in your System->Plugins page
Code: Select all
http://lantisproject.com/gargoyle_pluginsVersion hosted by Lantis: 1.1.2
Language files hosted by Gargoyle: 1.0.4
Language files hosted by Lantis: 1.1.2 (Updated language required for 1.1.0 plugin. Also new language FRENCH. Also better translation for German).
Verify the plugin is operating correctly
Visit the page: http://ads-blocker.com/testing/
If you can't see any ads, you're good to go. If you are seeing ads, your computer may be loading a cached version of the site which includes the ads. Try clearing your cache (CTRL+F5 refresh the page).
Blacklist
Used to add sites to the block.list that are not already included.
Whitelist
Used to remove sites from the block.list. NOTE: The white list will ONLY remove items that are ALREADY ON the block.list. If they aren't on the list, don't bother white listing them.
Changelog
Code: Select all
Version 1.1.2
- Updated Russian translation (thanks @wildrat)
Version 1.1.1
- Updated German translation (thanks @petbrau)
- Fixed Tor checking logic. Now works correctly for users who don't have Tor plugin installed at all.
- Added some additional behind the scenes logging entries to make debugging easier in the future
Version 1.1.0
- Added GUI for interfacing with the block, black and white lists
- Added transparentpixel.gif file to the plugin so we no longer need to retrieve it from a remote source
- Reworked plugin so that it installs to "/plugin_root/". This means that the plugin installation will now respect the use of external usb storage automatically.
- REMOVED: legacy web server support (httpd_gargoyle)
- REMOVED: wireless_only capability, gargoyle bridges the wifi and lan networks causing this functionality to break. If someone has an idea for fixing it, i am happy to add it back.
- DROPPED: support for Gargoyle Versions < 1.9.0. If you are still using one of these versions, please use plugin version < 1.0.4
Version 1.0.4
- BUGFIX: Fixed incompatability with the DDNS plugin
Version 1.0.3
- BUGFIX: Fixed incompatability with the Tor plugin
- Fixed localisation strings for ZH-CN and RU
Version 1.0.2
- Fixed localisation strings for time of last update (Thanks Obsy) and PL language file
- BUGFIX: Crash on small memory devices (minor change to how the ad list is retrieved, now uses half the space during setup). End result is still the same. Not a necessary update if you weren't experiencing any problems previously.
Version 1.0.1
- Added German, Norwegian, Polish, Russian and Spanish translations
- Added documentation for how to use the black/whitelist functionality (front end for this will be in a future release)
- Added documentation about how to test the plugin is functioning correctly
- BUGFIX: Workaround for browser based ad-blocking plugins detecting this plugin as malicious, breaking the plugin (Thanks Eric).
Version 1.0
- Initial releaseCode: Select all
- Better Tor workaround
- Better exemptions implementation. Probably needs a change to the underlying gargoyle implementation thoughCode: Select all
- YouTube videos sometimes won't play with Transparent pixel option enabled. This is because of the way YouTube serves their ads. If you find this becomes a problem consider disabling the option. So you want to uninstall the plugin, but clicking uninstall in the GUI does nothing?
- 1. disable the Adblock plugin (use the GUI, untick the enabled box on the Adblock configuration page and save changes)
- 2. navigate to /plugin_root/usr/lib/opkg/info/plugin-gargoyle-adblock.list
every file listed in that file is related to the plugin and should be deleted. - 3. execute the post-removal script from the same folder
"sh /plugin_root/usr/lib/opkg/info/plugin-gargoyle-adblock.postrm" - 4. remove all the files from /plugin_root/usr/lib/opkg/info related to plugin-gargoyle-adblock
- 5. open the status file at /plugin_root/usr/lib/opkg and remove the entry for adblock. If it is the only entry, save it as a blank file, do not delete it.
You should now no longer have the adblock plugin in the GUI, and if you check the plugin list it should be listed as uninstalled.
I'd also like to thank StopSpazzing for his help in working on the UI. Whilst I was busy he made significant progress which allowed me to quickly implement the required changes.
Thanks go out to all of the people who help in translating this plugin.
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